Kaream wrote:So I guess I won't be able to ic, what are the odds of it happening right before my ic... My computer just crashed and I lost everything..All my anime, my amv projects I've been working for the past months and all my school projects..I really don't think I could even graduate from school just because of this, really in a crucial position right now. Spoke with HP & Microsoft Customer Support and I was told that I wasn't quick enough to back up my drive and the problem is S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology,). So I really can't do anything anymore, hell I don't even know what I'm gonna do with my future. I actually had a few potential scholarships for UCs. In this pic I connected my external and tried to back up my Hard Drive but, I wasn't quick enough and it vanished... Quoted Image converted to link:

Aaw man i feel for you, damn that can't be any good at all... If you really can't do the match i wish you atleast can fix your school projects, im sure brad can find someone else to go against me! Hope for the best mate!

Kaream wrote:So I guess I won't be able to ic, what are the odds of it happening right before my ic... My computer just crashed and I lost everything..All my anime, my amv projects I've been working for the past months and all my school projects..I really don't think I could even graduate from school just because of this, really in a crucial position right now. Spoke with HP & Microsoft Customer Support and I was told that I wasn't quick enough to back up my drive and the problem is S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology,). So I really can't do anything anymore, hell I don't even know what I'm gonna do with my future. I actually had a few potential scholarships for UCs. In this pic I connected my external and tried to back up my Hard Drive but, I wasn't quick enough and it vanished... Quoted Image converted to link:

Aaw man i feel for you, damn that can't be any good at all... If you really can't do the match i wish you atleast can fix your school projects, im sure brad can find someone else to go against me! Hope for the best mate!

AHHHHHH MAN!!!I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!...this shit reminds me when my 1st hard disk broke and I lost everything I recorded for the past 2 years....the memories I Hope you can recover that somehow...at least your school projects

Kaream wrote:All my anime, my amv projects I've been working for the past months and all my school projects..I really don't think I could even graduate from school just because of this, really in a crucial position right now.

Too late in a closing the barn door after the horse has bolted sort of way, but for future reference try dropbox for web storage. Drive dies, download files from web and praise jesus. Or praise the internet. Whichever you'd inclined to do.

I rather like it because, unlike most online storage sites, I don't have to do anything special to sync. I'm rather lazy about backup, I usually don't remember to do it regularly. Dropbox creates a folder on my HD then automatically syncs whatever is in that folder with their online storage. So it really is as simple as just copying a file into that folder then forgetting about it. There's the other benefits of online storage, retrieval from other computers, sharing, etc. But really it's best feature is the automatic backup. IIRC you get 2 gigs of storage, but if you use my link it'll give both you and me another 250meg up to 8 gig if you're really active in referrals (I'm not, you'd be my first actually).

Anyway, sorry about your HD. Hope you at least get the school work back. But at least there's something you can do to make sure this doesn't happen again.

...the most frustrating part is everything is still physically on the drive, it's just a matter of whether you can access it or not.

Some things you should know about HDD recovery:-Stop writing to the drive (data is usually good as long as it is not overwritten)-No mechanical failures (your computer still needs to be able to recognize the drive)-Your data can't be encrypted (while encryption is more secure, this is one good reason to not use HDD encryption) -Backup to a new location/HDD (This keeps the old data safe-- otherwise you risk overwriting other data you want to recover)-You may have to change the scan settings to go deeper into the drive-be sure you check the setting that restores the folder structure (otherwise files will be unorganized)

A big congrats to all the winners and to all the competitors. I do especially want to say to SSG and RadioactiveCat that I was exceptionally impressed by both of your videos, considering that I knew it was going to be a curveball song. You both managed to do a great job. I especially have to tip my hat to RadioactiveCat considering this was her first IC and was given a song like this. Very very impressed.

Well guys, we are really winding down now. Here's what's left for round 1.